Sleep disturbances, socioeconomic status, and seizure control as main predictors of quality of life in epilepsy

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 481-485

  Alanis Guevara, I ^a   Pena E ^a   Corona, T ^a   Lopez Ayala T ^a   Lopez Meza E ^a   López Gómez, Mario ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Mexico; Quality of life; Seizure; Sleep disorders; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE CONTROL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PREDICTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEIZURE; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEIZURES; SLEEP DISORDERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 27744505582     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2005.06.010     Document Type: Article

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